Bronze Age Greece
This island civilization dominated maritime trade from 2000 to 1450 BC.
Who were the Minoans?
The Iliad begins with the mēnis of this Greek hero.
Who is Akhilleus?
Greek religion worships many gods, making it this type of belief system.
What is polytheistic?
This poet, known for blame poetry and rejecting some Homeric values, once braggd about throwing away his shield.
Who is Arkhilokhos?
Hesiod's conflict with this brother frames much of Works and Days.
Who is Perses?
The Minoans wrote using this undeciphered script.
What is Linear A?
This king insults Apollon's priest, causing a plague among the Greeks.
Who is Agamemnon?
Ritual impurity, often caused by bloodshed and death, is known by this term.
What is miasma?
This female poet from Lesbos wrote about love, memory and the emotional world of young women.
Who is Sappho?
Hesiod describes two forms of this goddess, one representing destructive conflict and the other representing healthy competition.
Who is Eris?
Heinrich Schliemann excavated Troy and later this major Mycenaean site.
What is Mycenae?
In Book VI, this Trojan warrior removes his helmet so his son will stop crying.
Who is Hektor?
Greek religion emphasizes proper actions, offerings and rituals rather than internal belief. This is called what type of religion?
What is procedural religion?
Sappho's poems often explore this powerful goddess' influence over love and longing.
Who is Aphrodite?
This concept, personified as a goddess and daughter of Zeus, represents justice and order within human society.
Who is Dikē?
Mycenaean palaces operated through a centralized economic system where goods flowed into and out of the palace.
What is a redistributive command economy?
The exchange of armor between Diomedes and Glaukos represents this ritual of guest-friendship.
What is xenia?
The Greek phrase meaning "I give so that you may give," describing exchange between human and gods.
What is "do ut des"?
Who is Alkaios?
During the Greek Dark Age, this type of local ruler held power before aristocracies developed in the polis.
What is a basileus?
The collapse around 1200 BC is often attributed to this group, possibly tied to widespread destruction across the Mediterranean.
Who were the Sea Peoples?
The elaborate description of Akhilleus' new shield in Book XVIII is an example of this literary device.
What is an ecphrasis?
One major goal of Greek religion was to maintain this asymmetry between morals and deities.
What is god-human asymmetry?
In lyric performance culture, poetry was often performed in this social setting where elites gathered to drink and sing.
What is a symposium?
The formation of the Greek polis often occurred through this process of villages merging into a single political community.
What is synoecism?